The three alpine lakes sit inside a glacial basin carved out over thousands of years of slow, patient geological work. The ...

Every good outing begins with a pause at the gate, the moment where you look at the road, the sky, and the day’s ambition and decide they can get along. Here, the Little Book Cliffs Wild Horse Range ...

DENVER – Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Colorado Department of Natural Resources teamed up to launch the Colorado Trail Explorer app, a guide to almost 40,000 miles of public trails in the state.

Every now and then we’ll glance at North Cheyenne Cañon’s trail map and realize how much more there is to explore at this Colorado Springs park we have long explored. Catching our eye at last glance: ...

The Colorado Trail is a 486-mile-long greatest hits collection of the Centennial State’s most picturesque scenery, from wildflower-strewn meadows to sky-high rocky ridges, that runs from Denver to ...

When you set out for a hike, there's a motto to remember "know before you go," but even the best plans fall apart. "I'm already confused," CBS reporter Karen Morfitt said while testing out the ...

Some of Colorado's most popular trails require permits to manage visitor numbers and protect fragile ecosystems. Hanging Lake near Glenwood Springs operates under a mandatory reservation system. No ...

The Lenawee Trail, one of the many local hiking trails Colorado has, offers a glimpse of fall colors as it ascends through groves of young aspen regenerating in the constant upheaval of avalanche ...